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A self-employed man who was brought to a garda station for his own safety because he was “out of it” lashed out at gardaí and tried to headbutt an officer when they attempted to search him, a court has heard.

St. Flannan’s will face Cork’s St Francis College Rochestown in the Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster U19A Senior Football Championship) quarter finals.

By Joe Barrett Portlaoise author, local historian and former school principal John Dunne is aiming for a hat-trick when he releases his third book about all…

John Dunne’s books about Portlaoise have been credited with raising awareness of the town’s history among readers at home and abroad. Following best...

Read More Every county should be guaranteed one nominee, not in a patronising way but as a means of recognising that theres excellence outside the last eight in the championship. It wouldnt come at the cost of the 45 first choices, but rather as an addition to the scheme. Players from lower-ranked counties (the term weak should be banned!) arent the only ones to lose out on All-Stars. They are many from stronger forces too, who had solid cases over the years but never made the final cut...